Condo pitches no-hitter as Seymour softball team romps in Little League East Regionals

Michael Fornabaio

Updated 11:22 pm, Saturday, July 20, 2013

BRISTOL -- In his team's first game at the Little League softball East Regional, Seymour manager Bob Findley worried a bit about leaving runners on.

There were no such worries Saturday night. Seymour took advantage of every little thing Derry (N.H.) American gave it.

Megan Condo was nearly perfect, and Kayla Curtis' and Rebecca Johnson's blasts led Seymour to a 16-0, four-inning win for its second victory in two nights at the tournament.

"We couldn't turn it off," manager Bob Findley said. "We started getting on the ball and everything went our way."

The mercy rule cut the game short, leaving Condo with a four-inning no-hitter and eight strikeouts. The left-hander hit Alexis VanLoan on the top of the helmet on an 0-2 pitch with two out in the second but was otherwise perfect.

Jenna Geffert allowed only an infield single Friday night in a 2-0 win over Scarborough, Maine, so Seymour has permitted just two baserunners in its first 10 innings of regional play.

"Nothing really" clicked better than usual, Condo said.

"I know we all did great. The bats were amazing, especially Kayla."

Curtis, Seymour's right fielder, hit a solo home run over the head of left fielder Jacqueline Cerri in the top of the second. She added a two-run triple down the left-field line, driving in Chelsea Avila (three runs) and Sierra Cripps, scoring on an error on the relay in to the infield.

Seymour plays Monday night against Charlton, Mass., then Wednesday against Cumberland (R.I.) National. The top four teams in each pool -- Seymour, 2-0, is in excellent shape for that -- qualify for Thursday's quarterfinals with the semifinals and final scheduled for Friday.

"We're excited," Findley said. "We've got two more games, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and we're pretty excited for those games."

Derry American made six errors and Seymour rapped out 11 hits.

Seymour scraped out two runs in the first (Rebecca Findley's double sparked the two-out rally), made it 3-0 on Curtis' homer in the second, then added four in the third with help from three errors and Curtis' two-out blast.

The team sent 12 to the plate in the fourth. Jillian Andes had a two-run single for the second night in a row.